Pol Espargaro denied the British fans a home 1-2 in Friday Practice after a scintillating lap late in the second Moto2 session

Pol Espargaro denied the British fans a home 1-2 in Friday Practice after a scintillating lap late in the second Moto2 session. The Spaniard was quickest in damp conditions earlier in the day and showed a good turn of pace in the dry too, going a second faster than the current circuit record.

Scott Redding and Espargaro were dead level at one point before the Marc VDS rider put breathing space between himself and Espargaro. Bradley Smith then showed signs that Tech 3 were starting to make strides towards the front with the second fastest time but Espargaro's late flyer put half a second into the British pair.

Marc Marquez was one of many riders to have a lap time cancelled due to exceeding the track limits on the exit of Club and finished fourth fastest with Johann Zarco and Alex De Angelis completing the top six. Toni Elias, another rider to fall foul of the final corner, took seventh despite having a lap time deleted ahead of a trio of Italians who rounded out the top ten, Claudio Corti, Andrea Iannone and Simone Corsi.

Redding and Smith weren't the only Brits to excel with Gino Rea finishing the afternoon in an excellent twelfth on the Gresini Suter. Championship leader Thomas Luthi didn't enjoy his day's work quite as much and ended up two seconds off the pace in nineteenth, largely down to a crash, and will hope for much better tomorrow.

Moto2 Hertz British Grand Prix: Combined Friday Practice Times

Pos

Rider

Constructor

Team

Time/Gap

1

Pol Espargaro

Kalex

Pons 40 HP Tuenti

2:08.826

2

Scott Redding

Kalex

Marc VDS Racing Team

+0.509

3

Bradley Smith

Tech 3

Tech 3 Racing

+0.707

4

Marc Marquez

Suter

Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol

+0.727

5

Johann Zarco

Motobi

JIR Moto2

+0.892

6

Alex De Angelis

Suter

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

+0.968

7

Toni Elias

Suter

Mapfre Aspar Team

+1.226

8

Claudio Corti

Kalex

Italtrans Racing Team

+1.259

9

Andrea Iannone

Speed Up

Speed Master

+1.270

10

Simone Corsi

FTR

Came IodaRacing Project

+1.517

11

Mike Di Meglio

Speed Up

S/Master Speed Up

+1.844

12

Gino Rea

Suter

Federal Oil Gresini Moto2

+1.856

13

Mika Kallio

Kalex

Marc VDS Racing Team

+1.923

14

Axel Pons

Kalex

Pons 40 HP Tuenti

+1.963

15

Randy Krummenacher

Suter

GP Team Switzerland

+2.024

16

Dominique Aegerter

Suter

Technomag-CIP

+2.069

17

Roberto Rolfo

Suter

Technomag-CIP

+2.107

18

Max Neukirchner

Kalex

Kiefer Racing

+2.198

19

Thomas Luthi

Suter

Interwetten-Paddock

+2.230

20

Nicolas Terol

Suter

Mapfre Aspar Team

+2.268

21

Ratthapark Wilairot

Suter

Thai Honda Gresini Moto2

+2.341

22

Ricard Cardus

AJR

ArguiÃ±ano Racing Team

+2.967

23

Angel Rodriguez

Bimota

SAG Team

+3.056

24

Esteve Rabat

Kalex

Pons 40 HP Tuenti

+3.222

25

Takaaki Nakagami

Kalex

Italtrans Racing Team

+3.412

26

Julian Simon

FTR

Blusens Avintia

+3.604

27

Yuki Takahashi

Suter

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

+3.736

28

Xavier Simeon

Tech 3

Tech 3 Racing

+4.500

29

Anthony West

Moriwaki

QMMF Racing Team

+4.637

30

A. Andreozzi (WC)

FTR

Andreozzi Reparto Corse

+7.055

31

Marco Colandrea

FTR

SAG Team

+7.075

32

Alexander Lundh

MZ-RE Honda

Cresto Guide MZ Racing

+7.578

33

Eric Granado

Motobi

JIR Moto2

+7.653

34

Elena Rosell

Moriwaki

QMMF Racing Team

+8.147

Espargaro Leads The Brits On Friday At Silverstone was last modified: June 16th, 2012